Check-row wire



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G. S. LOGKE.

I CHECK ROW WIRE. No. 296,981. Patented Apr. 15, 1884.

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CHARLES S. 'LOGKE, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

CHECK-ROW WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,981, dated April15, 1884.

' Application filed November 9, 1888. (NomodeL) To aZZ whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. LOoKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at J oliet, in the county of Will and State of Illinois, haveinvented anew and useful Improvement in Check-Bower W'ires forCorn-Planters, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a View of the shell open. Fig. 2 isa view of the shell closed. Fig. 3 is a view of the wire sectionscoupled, and Fig. 4: is a view of the wire sections with the shell inplace closed over the coupled ends of two sections of the check-rowwire.

The object of my invention is to provide a ch eck-rower wire forplanters neat and uniform in appearance and durable in construction, byproviding a spherical metal covering for the ends of theconuecting-links that shall at once form a protection against wear ofthe links where hooked together, and also to provide a suitable check ortrip for the planter which can be used on any modern built machinewithout excessive wear or liability of entanglement in the check-rower,while in case of breaking the wire anew splice can be made and coveredby the shield in the field by any person of ordinary intelligencewithout the aid of any other tool than a hammer.

To construct my improved wire, I cast or make a shell in shape like Fig.1, of some suitable malleable metal. The shield or shell is then closedup, as shown in Fig. 2, leaving it sufliciently open at the edges toadmit the looped wire, as shown in Fig. 3, which is next inserted andthe shield closed up, bringing its edges close together over the wire,as shown in Fig. 4, they being placed at proper dis tances on the wireto make the rows the right distance apart.

To provide against accidents, the operator a knotted rope by means of apair of connected rings open at one side to admit the rope, and designedto be closed around the rope, so a knot in the rope will lie betweenthem, to prevent the stop thus formed from sliding on the rope, whichconstruction I do not claim; but I am not aware of the use of such ashell as I describe for inclosing the coupled ends of two wires orsections of the cable for the double purpose of forming a stop and alsoa coupling of the wire sections.

Having thus describediny invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The cast malleable shell described, being spherical in form, or nearlyso, and having an opening on one side, extending from pole to pole, ofsufficient width to admit the coupled ends of the wires, and adapted tohave its edges closed together to inclose the coupled ends of thecheck-row wires, as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES S. LOOKE.

Witnesses:

M. J. BARRETT, E. A. DICEY.

